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Stenhouse Bay gypsum workings [B 62732/22] • Photograph

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Summary

Snaps of early days at Stenhouse Bay and deposit. A tractor pulling truck load of bagged gypsum along a track leading tot he jetty at Stenhouse Bay where it will be loaded on to a waiting ship. Men sitting on top of the bags.

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Physical description

Photograph (b&w print); 4.5 cm x 7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1924

Collection

Part of Album Collection

Subject

Waratah Gypsum Pty. Ltd
Gypsum -- South Australia -- Stenhouse Bay

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General notes

The twenty-second of 48 photographs in an album.

Historical information

Stenhouse Bay was a port operated for 50 years by the Waratah Gypsum Company which established a community of 35 families to administer the gypsum workings; it had 37 houses, a community hall, school, post office, a licensed general store, and administration buildings. When production ceased in 1972 the town was offered as a going concern to the Government of South Australia for purchase.

Digitisation information

Date

06/10/2004

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,260 x 2,156 pixels (7.0 MP)

Size

7.05 MB

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